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I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:53 pm
by Moose
Hey y'all! I saw her up for sale and they say that it's just hard water stains, but I love on a hard water area and that looks like hard water deposits ON TOP OF shell rot, what do you guys think?? Am I trippin?
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Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:01 pm
by steve
It looks more like a combo of retained scutes and a fungal infection. Plenty of RES have it, though I don't think I've seen it on DBT before.

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:19 pm
by Moose
So is it worth the $300 they are asking for Steve? Cuz I'm trying to estimate out the cost of trying to treat it out you know? :(

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:07 pm
by steve
Treatment doesn't always work, so I'm hesitant. Also consider that the owner is either lying or doesn't know what they are talking about. So her history and health are questionable at this point.

Fungus itself is not dangerous, but the secondary infections are. Is $300 a normal price?

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:56 am
by Jonathan512
I would pass ,price isn't worth it unless it was a better looking terrapin or atleast a rarer subspecies.

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:49 am
by Moose
It's a better price that I've seen for the and the ppl that are selling her own a pet store smh it's just all around bad. Your right Jonathan I'm gonna have to pass on this one, how do ppl manage to sell a turtle or any animal and want a full price on something that obviously has possible irreversible health effects? Makes me pretty sad actually :(

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:53 am
by Diamondbacks4Life
Yea that $300 is no where near worth it. Even if it was perfect the turtle might sit. $300 is a high price to pay. As for retained scutes its a maybe. That shell will take very very a long time to cure. Compared to other turtles that shed multiple times a year and problem could look better in a year, a dbt has no chance. DBTs actually dont shed for years at a time. So far my dbts seem to average around 3-4years to shed once.

This one is going for $150 right now faunaclassifieds. No shipping though. i actually could get her if i wanted. I know the person selling her and can meet him very easy but im done buying dbts. Just have to be patient and check kingsnake everyday.
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Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:01 pm
by Moose
I Pm'd you dbt4L :)

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:23 pm
by Moose
That turtle is absolutely STUNNING!!! I'm amazed! Yeah the pic of the turtle I posted was a Carolina DBT I just feel really bad for the turtle and shame on the owners, I had no idea it takes DBts so long to shed.

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:26 am
by Diamondbacks4Life
Moose wrote:That turtle is absolutely STUNNING!!! I'm amazed! Yeah the pic of the turtle I posted was a Carolina DBT I just feel really bad for the turtle and shame on the owners, I had no idea it takes DBts so long to shed.

Funny thing to him that turtle is not stunning enough and not good enough for his breeding group. His dbts that he has for breeding are really white.

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:47 am
by Moose
Wow! O.o if this isn't stunning enough than I would love to see his!

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:36 am
by Jonathan512
Diamondbacks4Life wrote:Yea that $300 is no where near worth it. Even if it was perfect the turtle might sit. $300 is a high price to pay. As for retained scutes its a maybe. That shell will take very very a long time to cure. Compared to other turtles that shed multiple times a year and problem could look better in a year, a dbt has no chance. DBTs actually dont shed for years at a time. So far my dbts seem to average around 3-4years to shed once.

This one is going for $150 right now faunaclassifieds. No shipping though. i actually could get her if i wanted. I know the person selling her and can meet him very easy but im done buying dbts. Just have to be patient and check kingsnake everyday.
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Now thats a good lookin terrapin! def worth the 150 she's a beauty :mrgreen:

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:45 pm
by Moose
Shoot I'd buy her in a heartbeat if he shipped -______-

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:16 am
by Diamondbacks4Life
Moose wrote:Shoot I'd buy her in a heartbeat if he shipped -______-

If i wasnt winter id pic her up and ship her to you. Its 30s during the day and nights dropping into the 20s. Not safe at all to ship. So i have to sit on her and I dont have no where to go with her. Sorry. She would wrech my newly done 75gallon tank! lol

Re: I wanna buy her but.....

PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:57 am
by Moose
Lmaooooo spoken like a true BOSS DBT4L and thanks for the offer! It is getting mighty cold that's why I wanna ship her to AZ :(( lol if she wasnt so beautiful I wouldn't be so upset man!